Word: marked
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Mark Connelly...
Despite such concern, the rebellion against taxes seemed to transcend class and racial differences. The New York Daily News, which asked readers to mark a "ballot" on how they felt about taxes, reported the largest response to any mail poll it has ever conducted. More than 117,000 replies overwhelmed the ballot counters, who reported that sentiment solidly supported sharp cuts in all taxes-property, sales and income. The Boston Herald American in a similar poll found that about 80% of responding readers backed a proposal to place a lid on property taxes at 2.5% of market value. A bill...
Justice Department officials think that the conviction may mark the end of the line for Tony Pro. They plan to ask the courts in New Jersey to keep him from regaining his union power, if he manages to leave prison, where he could spend the rest of his life. Moreover, Tony Pro may encounter the vengeance of Mafia leaders. But FBI officials believe that even the threat of death would not persuade Tony Pro to tell them about the Hoffa case. Said one investigator: "Pro has many faults -but talking isn't one of them...
...Pure Pop for Now People, Edmunds' Get It) and have just barnstormed the U.S. together as Nick Lowe and Rockpile. They were the opening act cross-country for the reigning past master of the rock-'n'-roll fever dream, Elvis Costello, and set him a tough mark to match. Minutes after bounding onstage at Hollywood High in Los Angeles, Lowe and Edmunds had the crowd dancing and cheering. "Bitchin'!" gushed one high school lad. Said Linda Ronstadt, who crashed the high school party: "That was the best rock 'n' roll I've heard...
...survey portrays a President in considerable trouble on a wide variety of issues (see chart) as he approaches the halfway mark of his first term. Of the respondents, 37% say they think less well of him now than when he first took office; only 11% think better of him. Moreover, Carter's image of trust has blurred. While 46% think he is a leader who can be trusted, 49% have doubts about...